Senate File 272 - Introduced

SENATE FILE  	
BY	KAPUCIAN, ZAUN, SEYMOUR, BEHN, KETTERING, REYNOLDS, and DANIELSON

Passed Senate, Date		Passed House,	Date  	 Vote:	Ayes	Nays		Vote:	Ayes		Nays  	 
Approved  	

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the display of a rear registration plate and
a front window decal on certain low=profile motor vehicles and
establishing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

1	1	Section 1.	Section 321.34, Code 2009, is amended by adding
1	2 the following new subsection:
1	3	NEW SUBSECTION.	1A.	LOW=PROFILE VEHICLE DECALS.	Upon
1	4 application and payment of the proper fees, the director may
1	5 issue one set of registration plates and one registration
1	6 decal to the owner of an eligible low=profile motor vehicle.
1	7 The decal may be displayed on the front window of the motor
1	8 vehicle in lieu of a registration plate on the front of the
1	9 vehicle, provided that the unused registration plate is
1 10 carried in the vehicle at all times when the vehicle is
1 11 operated on a public highway.	The fee for a registration
1 12 decal is ten dollars.	The department shall adopt rules
1 13 specifying by make and model the vehicles eligible for a
1 14 registration decal and providing for proper placement of the
1 15 decal.
1 16	Sec. 2.	Section 321.37, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
1 17 amended to read as follows:
1 18	1.	Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
1 19 than a low=profile motor vehicle subject to the requirements
  1 20 of section 321.34, subsection 1A, motorcycle, motorized
1 21 bicycle, or a truck tractor shall be attached to the motor
1 22 vehicle, one in the front and the other in the rear.	The
1 23 registration plate issued for a motorcycle or other vehicle
1 24 required to be registered hereunder shall be attached to the
1 25 rear of the vehicle.	The registration plate issued for a
1 26 truck tractor shall be attached to the front of the truck
1 27 tractor.	The special plate issued to a dealer shall be
1 28 attached on the rear of the vehicle when operated on the
1 29 highways of this state.
1 30	EXPLANATION
1 31	This bill authorizes the department of transportation to
1 32 issue a registration decal along with a set of registration
1 33 plates for certain low=profile motor vehicles.	The decal may
1 34 be displayed on the front window of the vehicle in lieu of the
35 registration plate provided for the front of the vehicle.	The
1 unused registration plate must be carried in the vehicle at
2	2 all times when the vehicle is operated on a public highway.
2	3 Requirements for the display of a rear registration plate and
2	4 annual validation stickers are not altered by the bill.
2	5	The bill establishes a $10 fee for a registration decal.
2	6 The department of transportation is required to adopt rules
2	7 specifying by make and model the vehicles eligible for a
2	8 registration decal and prescribing proper placement of the
2	9 decal.
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